Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

I've no idea but what I find infuriating is that we have the biggest issue in decades that needs resolving and the leaders of our two major political parties are more interested in arguing over which tv channel they have a debate on.

Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

How is that so difficult for them?

Because May wants a controlled environment where she knows the people and questions prior. She wants to know that she'll be given an easier time whilst Corbyn will get harsher questioning.

We've seen this countless times, May trying to 'control' what questions are allowed and the type of people asking the question.

Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

How is that so difficult for them?

Because May wants a controlled environment where she knows the people and questions prior. She wants to know that she'll be given an easier time whilst Corbyn will get harsher questioning.

We've seen this countless times, May trying to 'control' what questions are allowed and the type of people asking the question.

Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

How is that so difficult for them?

Because May wants a controlled environment where she knows the people and questions prior. She wants to know that she'll be given an easier time whilst Corbyn will get harsher questioning.

We've seen this countless times, May trying to 'control' what questions are allowed and the type of people asking the question.

The BBC will allow her that format. ITV won't.

We've also seen that Corbyn doesn't like his policies being examined by the media in detail. It's easier for him to play the populist in front of a studio audience.

Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

How is that so difficult for them?

Because May wants a controlled environment where she knows the people and questions prior. She wants to know that she'll be given an easier time whilst Corbyn will get harsher questioning.

We've seen this countless times, May trying to 'control' what questions are allowed and the type of people asking the question.

The BBC will allow her that format. ITV won't.

We've also seen that Corbyn doesn't like his policies being examined by the media in detail. It's easier for him to play the populist in front of a studio audience.

The media has never done that. They just dismiss the policies with some silly scare story.

Back in the days of "Party Political Broadcasts", they went out on all 3 (!) channels at the exact same time.

So why can't the thing be done in a hired independent studio, with commercial company engineers/etc,
and the same feed channeled out live (or the usual censorship digital delay) to both the BBC and ITVat the same time?

How is that so difficult for them?

Because May wants a controlled environment where she knows the people and questions prior. She wants to know that she'll be given an easier time whilst Corbyn will get harsher questioning.

We've seen this countless times, May trying to 'control' what questions are allowed and the type of people asking the question.

The BBC will allow her that format. ITV won't.

We've also seen that Corbyn doesn't like his policies being examined by the media in detail. It's easier for him to play the populist in front of a studio audience.

Why should Corbyn court the media given the lies they have consistently told about him since he became Labour leader? these are the people who tried to convince Joe Public he was a Russian spy several months ago.

The BBC's reporting into Brexit has been an absolute farce since Robbie Gibb became Theresa May's head of communications. Corbyn is quite right not to trust the BBC and if so called ''remainers' took off their rose tinted glasses once in a while they would see and understand his view point. @Aurora13 can.

We've also seen that Corbyn doesn't like his policies being examined by the media in detail. It's easier for him to play the populist in front of a studio audience.

Better than running scared of a studio audience with their (perhaps) unscripted questions

This also. If last nights Questions Time audience is anything to go off then the tide is turning fast against Brexit. May would never be able to cope with a live audience like that. She would literally implode.

We don’t need to watch whichever side broadcast this. We know what they will both say.

Mrs May will bang on about respecting the referendum result and how her deal does that white also doing A,B,C

Mr Corbin will bang on about respecting the referendum result and having a general election A.S.A.P.

At the end of it the county will be as split as it is now.

What really needs to happen is a debate on do we respect the result of the referendum and leave the EU completely via a hard Brexit. Or do we overturn the result of the referendum on the grounds of A,B and C and stay a fully paid up member on the deal we currently have. They are the only two options that should be on the table. The MPs need to grow some balls and make a decision either way and take the consequences. The country will still be split, but we will know where we stand and at least one of the two sides will be happy.

Corbyn is just trying to keep it more fair. The BBC Politics section is a revolving door with the conservative party. May will see the BBC as her safe space where the questioning will be tightly controlled in her favour. If I was Corbyn I would do my best to even it out a bit on a more neutral channel.

We have in this country a National State Broadcaster owned by the people of the country, the BBC is solely a public service broadcaster and not influenced by the drive for profits, and as our national broadcaster the BBC should in my view carry all great national events from the F A Cup to great political events.

Its utterly absurd to consider giving a commercial broadcaster the rights to such an important debate, where the broadcasters aim will be to sell, sell, sell as much advertising as possible and reap maximum profit, the future of this country mixed with Bold Automatic and Oral B toothpaste.

I am no supporter of Mrs May or the Tories, but on this issue I think Mrs May should put her foot down and say "BBC or no debate"

Leaders of Plaid Cymru at least, ALL of the Scottish Parliaments parties (even the not-so-daft
"Ruthie"), Lib Dems, etc, and even UKIP - any party with at least one sitting Westminster MP.
as an absolute minumum.

And Laura K leading the questioning rather than a softy like Dimbelby or whatever.

Theresa May has said she will only take part in a TV debate against Jeremy Corbyn and not any hard Brexiter such as Boris Johnson or any campaigner for a second referendum, saying the country had moved on from the leave versus remain argument.